I know I need new kicks, and also some sort of stop watch. I'm going to start to eat healthy too. My goal right now is not to lose weight, but just be able to run a decent 5k, like I could two years ago. Then when I can do that, I'm going to concentrate one losing the weight.

Go to a local running store and find out if you strike normal/overpronate/underpronate. That will determine what kind of running shoe you should buy. Keep yourself hydrated everyday with LOTS of water. Eat right and rest up so you can continuously train.

I started yesterday after seeing this thread. I love it. I'm really going to stick to it. Is it a bad idea if instead of doing it 3 times the first week, if I do it 5 or 6 times? That's how many times I'm in the gym per week, and I kinda wanna keep it as my cardio exercise.

I started yesterday after seeing this thread. I love it. I'm really going to stick to it. Is it a bad idea if instead of doing it 3 times the first week, if I do it 5 or 6 times? That's how many times I'm in the gym per week, and I kinda wanna keep it as my cardio exercise.

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Might be, they say that you need to rest your legs. Maybe do some cycling for the other two days?

I started yesterday after seeing this thread. I love it. I'm really going to stick to it. Is it a bad idea if instead of doing it 3 times the first week, if I do it 5 or 6 times? That's how many times I'm in the gym per week, and I kinda wanna keep it as my cardio exercise.

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There is nothing wrong with running 5-6 times a week if you are eating properly and getting enough sleep.

Started this on Monday. Short term goal is to do a 5k in 30 min, long term goal is a 5k in 20 min. There's a 10k here on the 4th of july that I'm going to do in order to have a specific thing to aim for. Updates on status are in my log. Good luck to you guys.

Dr. John Pagliano (the podiatrist quoted in the Men's Fitness article
above), who also coauthored a scholarly article on Illiotibial Band
Syndrome) comes down against concrete, saying that "if you switch to
softer surfaces, you can cut your injury risk by 50%." In this
particular article, the magazine rates ten running surfaces (1 being
worst/10 being best)--I realize your question is specific to street
running, but I'm including all of the surfaces here in case it's of
interest: